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It's been a cold March thus far in SLC, but today the sun came out, and I think the high was 44 in the valley, and almost no wind to speak of. I'll take it. ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
This weekend's hike was to Pencil Point, which is a subpeak of Parley's Ridge. I haven't done this hike in ten years, and the first part of the route has changed. The put in a gated community where the old trailhead used to be, so they constructed a new segment of the Shoreline Trail to compensate. This added quite a bit of distance to the hike, but made it much more gradual, until you run into the intersection with the old trail, and that is when it gets steep. We ended up with quite a surprise once we got to the top. Here are some shots of our hike.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119329-e28fe428a2efab21b3103fd4e4b054da.jpg)
Up above the Subaru on the new section of the Bonneville Shoreline trail
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119330-6a036b40463aeef2ad7c2809910f6e12.jpg)
The nasty spurge along the trail
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119331-fd9e2741bd8c62df5a22ecb43aa5197a.jpg)
The north slopes still have plenty of snow on them
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119332-55456a0ce92be7fc18c41aafddf80524.jpg)
Making our way along the shoreline trail
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119333-f60f8f4f6c6a6d117454184eea55e354.jpg)
Switchback on a south slope
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119334-d55a90f940a84bafa7272aecab3d7d4a.jpg)
Killing the orange, with Jack's Mountain in the distance
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119335-863bad5708b22b5b5d4aa1a03bef2bd9.jpg)
Parley's Ridge above
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119336-e62e1d907ecb7960c1999a46fd21a012.jpg)
Shot up an unnamed canyon, and Parley's Ridge
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119337-b1a22e46c6161fd2c831e2012f6a05fa.jpg)
Pencil Point above
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119338-a57f600c1acec16536610f4b55a98d72.jpg)
Me and Pencil Point
![10b.jpg 10b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119339-75a1b63da7b2314809afe3baa0b38a69.jpg)
I'm guessing my shins aren't going to like the next segment
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119340-cef9b08e6b67d9a7a30a5dc13a428bdc.jpg)
I might be cussing at this stage, but at least it will get me ready for @Bob's next horse trail.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119341-17e684622bb63dd88181db6b9a9536cd.jpg)
Running into quite a bit of elk scat
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119342-c7a85b160661d8015f62a8513e7bebe3.jpg)
Olympus to the south
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119343-1406969a27c21c09d979a0fcf729de4c.jpg)
This section is steep
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119344-68b7251e75b866726c85fc1d90ce58e4.jpg)
Mountain Mahogany on the ridgeline
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119345-0c04e71fefbccd501df0e76cedfc7fe5.jpg)
Grandeur Peak to the southwest
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119346-217556cb6daefc8db9e84c3e8a9ffedf.jpg)
Looks like some folks are on the summit of Grandeur
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119347-7abe00674352fda4105a6e6bb84c33e2.jpg)
Almost there
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119348-896d77af0e40bb44489ff42d04d1f32c.jpg)
View from the summit looking east towards Pencil Peak #2 and Parley's Ridge
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119349-440e717c477ad78b4e2cfa4fd35309c7.jpg)
Go Aggies!
![20b.jpg 20b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119350-87f635b652b7ca7fec9c4cef65fe981a.jpg)
Getting ready to take some pictures of something from the summit.
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119351-d466c4c609e50cc896181b715cfe65c2.jpg)
The Parley's Ridge elk herd is down below. Sweet!
Some shots of the elk. I counted approximately 45 in the herd.
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119352-0a8ca3983240e625dd5f3a52941b9c43.jpg)
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119353-0a8ca3983240e625dd5f3a52941b9c43.jpg)
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119354-dae2adde0d7cb384fce3f3aec486c812.jpg)
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119355-45f1df99a4380ceb2a1002c4c39586b0.jpg)
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119356-0a8ca3983240e625dd5f3a52941b9c43.jpg)
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119357-7f21b19b98d89cf8f07972987789f8ec.jpg)
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119358-f75ce425af8bee0a95c2f9647342c6dd.jpg)
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119359-d41f95fb575c82d08aeb56fed36969f4.jpg)
![29b.jpg 29b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119361-bba5a10069eac366b1c8b2fd8594b8e4.jpg)
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119360-7e30ee15f66a0ef7066d271895778d2c.jpg)
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119362-2fba0308f5ab34aa3069664d72589a56.jpg)
A look to the north at Jack's Mountain and beyond to Mount Wire, with Carrington Canyon below
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119363-c65f64fde61e5b708b473c27b045e80d.jpg)
Sheila, taking a picture of some moss on our way back down
![32.jpg 32.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119364-bf8e321b75766534a214b531af03819c.jpg)
Star moss
![33.jpg 33.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119365-3d489a0c6adfa4aec79e3530b99864ac.jpg)
Pencil Peak and Jack's Mountain (R-L)
![34.jpg 34.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119366-11ebc34add87b47662de14167c9135f2.jpg)
Back at the Sube
![35.jpg 35.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119367-02161e1714c92c0389d1e0b11c89b1f0.jpg)
Four parasailers coming off Grandeur Peak after our visit to REI after our hike
![36.jpg 36.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119368-387b1e011749081a91e5ebe359d1f8d4.jpg)
On of the out of focus parasailers
We stopped by a grocery store on our way to get pizza. My wife had sent both our kids a shot of me during our hike, and they both responded, without communicating with one another that I looked like a traffic cone. So while in the store, I found the closet thing I could find to a traffic cone.
Twinners @Rockskipper?
![37.jpg 37.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119369-aff55f2e95207fc4edc624e5c1a38bd6.jpg)
![38.jpg 38.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119370-9910902ba08143eb5534f4e24c6fe599.jpg)
Shot of Olympus from the store parking lot
![39.jpg 39.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119371-78b60fb8fcdb66bc5db95ce94b02464b.jpg)
Shot of Pencil Point from the pizza joint
![40.jpg 40.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119372-5a9aac34379b3d608bed2e5ee61a13cd.jpg)
We ended up getting a double bacon pizza with cheddar cheese. I loaded up my half with veggies as usual.
![41.jpg 41.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119373-a064f361c5da969e280ab0984e78bfc9.jpg)
And to celebrate the elk herd sighting, I had a Big Bad Baptist Breakfast Baptist, which was quite good. I'll be bringing one of these up for @TractorDoc for our August trip in Jellystone and the Teton Wilderness.
![42.jpg 42.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119374-a2b320f6f338d31687ee7b00386837e0.jpg)
Poured to perfection!![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
The End.
This weekend's hike was to Pencil Point, which is a subpeak of Parley's Ridge. I haven't done this hike in ten years, and the first part of the route has changed. The put in a gated community where the old trailhead used to be, so they constructed a new segment of the Shoreline Trail to compensate. This added quite a bit of distance to the hike, but made it much more gradual, until you run into the intersection with the old trail, and that is when it gets steep. We ended up with quite a surprise once we got to the top. Here are some shots of our hike.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119329-e28fe428a2efab21b3103fd4e4b054da.jpg)
Up above the Subaru on the new section of the Bonneville Shoreline trail
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119330-6a036b40463aeef2ad7c2809910f6e12.jpg)
The nasty spurge along the trail
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119331-fd9e2741bd8c62df5a22ecb43aa5197a.jpg)
The north slopes still have plenty of snow on them
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119332-55456a0ce92be7fc18c41aafddf80524.jpg)
Making our way along the shoreline trail
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119333-f60f8f4f6c6a6d117454184eea55e354.jpg)
Switchback on a south slope
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119334-d55a90f940a84bafa7272aecab3d7d4a.jpg)
Killing the orange, with Jack's Mountain in the distance
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119335-863bad5708b22b5b5d4aa1a03bef2bd9.jpg)
Parley's Ridge above
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119336-e62e1d907ecb7960c1999a46fd21a012.jpg)
Shot up an unnamed canyon, and Parley's Ridge
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119337-b1a22e46c6161fd2c831e2012f6a05fa.jpg)
Pencil Point above
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119338-a57f600c1acec16536610f4b55a98d72.jpg)
Me and Pencil Point
![10b.jpg 10b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119339-75a1b63da7b2314809afe3baa0b38a69.jpg)
I'm guessing my shins aren't going to like the next segment
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119340-cef9b08e6b67d9a7a30a5dc13a428bdc.jpg)
I might be cussing at this stage, but at least it will get me ready for @Bob's next horse trail.
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119341-17e684622bb63dd88181db6b9a9536cd.jpg)
Running into quite a bit of elk scat
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119342-c7a85b160661d8015f62a8513e7bebe3.jpg)
Olympus to the south
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119343-1406969a27c21c09d979a0fcf729de4c.jpg)
This section is steep
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119344-68b7251e75b866726c85fc1d90ce58e4.jpg)
Mountain Mahogany on the ridgeline
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119345-0c04e71fefbccd501df0e76cedfc7fe5.jpg)
Grandeur Peak to the southwest
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119346-217556cb6daefc8db9e84c3e8a9ffedf.jpg)
Looks like some folks are on the summit of Grandeur
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119347-7abe00674352fda4105a6e6bb84c33e2.jpg)
Almost there
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119348-896d77af0e40bb44489ff42d04d1f32c.jpg)
View from the summit looking east towards Pencil Peak #2 and Parley's Ridge
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119349-440e717c477ad78b4e2cfa4fd35309c7.jpg)
Go Aggies!
![20b.jpg 20b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119350-87f635b652b7ca7fec9c4cef65fe981a.jpg)
Getting ready to take some pictures of something from the summit.
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119351-d466c4c609e50cc896181b715cfe65c2.jpg)
The Parley's Ridge elk herd is down below. Sweet!
Some shots of the elk. I counted approximately 45 in the herd.
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119352-0a8ca3983240e625dd5f3a52941b9c43.jpg)
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119353-0a8ca3983240e625dd5f3a52941b9c43.jpg)
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119354-dae2adde0d7cb384fce3f3aec486c812.jpg)
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119355-45f1df99a4380ceb2a1002c4c39586b0.jpg)
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119356-0a8ca3983240e625dd5f3a52941b9c43.jpg)
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119357-7f21b19b98d89cf8f07972987789f8ec.jpg)
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119358-f75ce425af8bee0a95c2f9647342c6dd.jpg)
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119359-d41f95fb575c82d08aeb56fed36969f4.jpg)
![29b.jpg 29b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119361-bba5a10069eac366b1c8b2fd8594b8e4.jpg)
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119360-7e30ee15f66a0ef7066d271895778d2c.jpg)
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119362-2fba0308f5ab34aa3069664d72589a56.jpg)
A look to the north at Jack's Mountain and beyond to Mount Wire, with Carrington Canyon below
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119363-c65f64fde61e5b708b473c27b045e80d.jpg)
Sheila, taking a picture of some moss on our way back down
![32.jpg 32.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119364-bf8e321b75766534a214b531af03819c.jpg)
Star moss
![33.jpg 33.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119365-3d489a0c6adfa4aec79e3530b99864ac.jpg)
Pencil Peak and Jack's Mountain (R-L)
![34.jpg 34.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119366-11ebc34add87b47662de14167c9135f2.jpg)
Back at the Sube
![35.jpg 35.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119367-02161e1714c92c0389d1e0b11c89b1f0.jpg)
Four parasailers coming off Grandeur Peak after our visit to REI after our hike
![36.jpg 36.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119368-387b1e011749081a91e5ebe359d1f8d4.jpg)
On of the out of focus parasailers
We stopped by a grocery store on our way to get pizza. My wife had sent both our kids a shot of me during our hike, and they both responded, without communicating with one another that I looked like a traffic cone. So while in the store, I found the closet thing I could find to a traffic cone.
![37.jpg 37.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119369-aff55f2e95207fc4edc624e5c1a38bd6.jpg)
![38.jpg 38.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119370-9910902ba08143eb5534f4e24c6fe599.jpg)
Shot of Olympus from the store parking lot
![39.jpg 39.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119371-78b60fb8fcdb66bc5db95ce94b02464b.jpg)
Shot of Pencil Point from the pizza joint
![40.jpg 40.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119372-5a9aac34379b3d608bed2e5ee61a13cd.jpg)
We ended up getting a double bacon pizza with cheddar cheese. I loaded up my half with veggies as usual.
![41.jpg 41.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119373-a064f361c5da969e280ab0984e78bfc9.jpg)
And to celebrate the elk herd sighting, I had a Big Bad Baptist Breakfast Baptist, which was quite good. I'll be bringing one of these up for @TractorDoc for our August trip in Jellystone and the Teton Wilderness.
![42.jpg 42.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/119/119374-a2b320f6f338d31687ee7b00386837e0.jpg)
Poured to perfection!
The End.
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